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A mourner kneels in prayer at the Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Elizabeth Flores via Getty Images)
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By Bari Weiss
08.29.25 — Bari’s Picks of the Week
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Well, folks, we planned for a slow week for the end of summer. But the news cycle had other plans. And no story deserves more attention this week than the murders in Minneapolis.

A Church Shooting—and the Rise of American Nihilism

In the wake of man-made tragedy, we’re left with the pressing question: Why would someone do something so evil?

But what if the…

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Bari Weiss
Bari Weiss is the founder and editor of The Free Press and host of the podcast Honestly. From 2017 to 2020 Weiss was an opinion writer and editor at The New York Times. Before that, she was an op-ed and book review editor at The Wall Street Journal and a senior editor at Tablet magazine.
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